Last Frost Day

Frost history / Jonesboro, GA

Jonesboro, GA: frost dates by year

Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USC00094700, 1995 to 2025, measured from daily minimum temperatures.

Elevation 930 ft, 33.531, -84.354. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records

Summary at 32°F

Last spring frostFirst fall frost
MedianMar 23Nov 12
EarliestFeb 14 (2011)Oct 20 (2022)
LatestApr 9 (2007)Dec 15 (1998)
Trend4.1 days earlier per decade1.2 days earlier per decade
Years with data2826

At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Feb 25 and the median first fall date is Nov 29.

The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.

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Last spring frost (32°F)

Jan 30Feb 14Mar 1Mar 16Mar 31Apr 152000201020201995: Mar 121996: Mar 231997: Mar 161998: Mar 141999: Mar 282000: Apr 92001: Mar 282002: Mar 242003: Mar 312004: Apr 12005: Mar 182006: Mar 272007: Apr 92008: Mar 262009: Apr 82011: Feb 142012: Feb 202013: Mar 282016: Feb 282017: Mar 172018: Mar 232019: Mar 82020: Mar 82021: Apr 42022: Mar 142023: Mar 222024: Mar 202025: Mar 3

First fall frost (32°F)

Oct 12Oct 27Nov 11Nov 26Dec 11Dec 262000201020201995: Nov 61996: Nov 31997: Nov 161998: Dec 151999: Nov 42000: Nov 152001: Oct 282002: Nov 142003: Nov 252004: Nov 152005: Nov 182006: Nov 42007: Nov 72011: Nov 112012: Nov 252014: Nov 32015: Nov 232017: Oct 302018: Nov 162019: Nov 132020: Nov 42021: Nov 232022: Oct 202023: Nov 12024: Nov 302025: Nov 11

Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.

Year by year

YearLast spring 32°FFirst fall 32°FLast spring 28°FFirst fall 28°F
2025Mar 3Nov 11Feb 23Nov 11
2024Mar 20Nov 30Jan 23Nov 30
2023Mar 22Nov 1Mar 21Nov 29
2022Mar 14Oct 20Mar 14Nov 18
2021Apr 4Nov 23Feb 21none
2020Mar 8Nov 4Feb 28Dec 2
2019Mar 8Nov 13Mar 7Nov 13
2018Mar 23Nov 16Mar 9Nov 28
2017Mar 17Oct 30Mar 17Dec 10
2016Feb 28no dataFeb 20no data
2015no dataNov 23no dataDec 19
2014no dataNov 3no dataNov 14
2013Mar 28no dataMar 5no data
2012Feb 20Nov 25Feb 14Nov 25
2011Feb 14Nov 11Feb 11Dec 1
2009Apr 8no dataMar 4no data
2008Mar 26no dataMar 25no data
2007Apr 9Nov 7Feb 20Dec 17
2006Mar 27Nov 4Feb 17Dec 8
2005Mar 18Nov 18Mar 9Dec 6
2004Apr 1Nov 15Feb 20Dec 15
2003Mar 31Nov 25Feb 12Nov 25
2002Mar 24Nov 14Mar 23Nov 18
2001Mar 28Oct 28Feb 6Dec 25
2000Apr 9Nov 15Feb 6Nov 22
1999Mar 28Nov 4Mar 27Dec 1
1998Mar 14Dec 15Mar 14Dec 18
1997Mar 16Nov 16Feb 16Nov 17
1996Mar 23Nov 3Mar 12Nov 27
1995Mar 12Nov 6Feb 14Nov 15

"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.